Peter Welch: “President Trump's threat that he's going to go after his…”

“So how does an attorney general handle a president who has already put an immense amount of pressure on Bill Barr, one of his attorney general, who did it on Mr. Sessions? And shouldn't we take seriously the president's threat, President Trump's threat that he's going to go after his political adversaries. And how do we deal with that and how do we assess that in terms of this decision? I'll ask you, Ms. McCord, to start. Thank you, Senator.” (02:22–02:28)

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